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It's another hot day in Venice. By 6:30 am, I was wide awake, while Carolyn would remain in the Twilight Zone until almost 8. After reading Rick Steves, he mentioned that several large markets take place Thursday mornings, so perhaps we will go in search of them after breakfast, and before we head to the island of Burano.

Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, like Venice itself, it could more correctly be called an archipelago of ...

... be the same view. We did eventually go inside because we knew we would be riding more than once. When we got to San Marco, the wind had picked up and it was beginning to sprinkle. Our plan was to tour the basilica first.

The travel book I had read gave a great tip for saving time. No backpacks are allowed in St. Mark’s. But a small church just down the road from it will check your bags for an hour at no cost. Once you have your ticket for ...

... We are LOVING this free upgrade! We even have our own WiFi router in our room. Unfortunately, it rained the entire time we were in Venice, so it was a little difficult for us to find things to do on top of it being the offseason. On Wednesday, we walked around and explored the islands and took a lot of pictures. We got pizza and wine for dinner, which was good, but not quite as good as we were expecting. On Thursday, we decided to sleep in since ...

There was a lot of gondola traffic up and down the canals and it was very interesting to watch the movements of the gondoliers as they carefully avoided hitting the sides of the canals and even more importantly other gondolas!

Dinner was very nice. Robert had the set menu which consisted of a fish soup that was very rich and full of fish pieces, ...

... was cold and rainy so we decided it wasn't worth the effort to return to Venice. We snooped around the ship and relaxed in our cabin. We met our buddies we had been corresponding with on cruise critic and headed for dinner in the Grand Pacific dining hall. The food was very good, not spectacular but still good. Stephen and I went to the show but Carly stayed in the room and watched a movie. We were still pretty tired from jet lag and our early start the day before. We were in bed bed ...